Interstellar dust in the solar system

dc.contributor.author	Mann, I.
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-30T12:01:17Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-30T12:01:17Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3186
dc.description	A fraction of the dust in the interstellarmedium (ISM) enters the heliosphere and is measured in situ from spacecraft. This review surveys the in situ measurements and discusses a hence derived model of dust in the local interstellar cloud (LIC). The LIC dustmodel bears similarities to pristine cometary dust and is characteristic of the warm ISM clouds that fill a part of the ISM in the vicinity of the Sun. Recent and future dust in situ measurements provide a basis for closely studying physical processes in the ISM surrounding the Solar System. The LIC dust is the only dust component measurable in the Solar System that was not previously incorporated in larger Solar System objects. Issues for future LIC dust studies are measuring dust fluxes at the outer heliosphere, measuring the mass distribution with meteor observations and observations from spacecraft, and measuring the LIC dust composition in situ in space.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Interstellar dust in the solar system
dc.type	Article
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
dc.source.volume	48
dc.source.page	173-203
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1146/annurev-astro-081309-130846
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-77956368486